The Beatles Mentioned on TV
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On PBS, Great Performances, the James Corden play "One Man, Two Guvnors" originally on Nov. 6, 2020.
James' character says: My father, Tommy Henshall, God rest his soul, he'd 'a been proud of me, what I done with my life. Until today. I used to play washboard in a Skiffle band, but they all went to see The Beatles on Tuesday night and sacked me Wednesday morning. It's ironic really, 'cause I actually started The Beatles. Yeah! I went to see them in Hamburg - they were rubbish! I said to that John Lennon, I said "John, this is embarrassing. You're going nowhere mate. Have you thought about writing your own songs?"
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Two times on 3/24/22:
grown-ish: Character Nomi is wearing a t-shirt that says Beatles Come Together and their silhouettes walking across Abbey Road.
Call Me Kat: Kat's mom starts telling her all these stories about things she did in the past (went to Woodstock, etc.) that Kat has never heard before. She says to her mom "What else? Were you the 5th Beatle?"
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Real Time With Bill Maher 4/1/22
He was doing a bit about "Obscure Grammy Nominations" and the last one was: Best boxed or special limited edition package of the same old Beatles songs"
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On Bill Maher's new HBO comedy special, he was talking about "warnings" given before movies & TV. He said: I watched the Beatles documentary and at the beginning, "strong language and smoking." Smoking?! Oh my God, thank you for warning me I have to watch the Beatles smoke in 1969! Get me a Klonopin!
FYI:
Clonazepam
Brand name: Klonopin
Description
Sedative
It can treat seizures, panic disorder, and anxiety.
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Jeopardy Rock Art for $200
"Help" is a 2005 print by this man who played drums on "Help!" 40 years earlier.
(3 guesses and the first 2 don't count!)
He got it right, btw!
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Was watching one of the ID shows about a 3 year old boy who went missing and was discovered murdered. His favorite song was Yellow Submarine (they showed a video of him singing it!) and a violinist played it at his funeral. So sad!
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Jeopardy Colorful Albums for $200
The best-selling Beatles album in the U.S. is "The Beatles", better known by this colorful name.
What is The White Album (the champ got it)
Breeders 5/9/22 (British show starring Martin Freeman)
He and his son are at an art gallery:
Son: Who's that one?
Dad: Oh, Peter Blake. I've talked to you about him, no? British pop artist. Brilliant. Did the Sgt. Pepper cover.
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This Is Us May 10th - they played Here Comes The Sun during one segment.
Jeopardy World Wildlife Fund for $1200
The Beatles donated this song to the album "No One's Gonna Change Our World", a fundraiser for the WWF.
What is Across The Universe?
NOBODY KNEW THE ANSWER!!
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Saturday Night Live repeat from Mar. 1997. Sketch takes place in the House of Commons. Mike Myers (host) is playing Prime Minister John Major. Will Ferrell plays a member of Parliament who keeps talking about Oasis and yelling "Oasis rules!" The PM says "Mr. Shersby, you've been warned 7 times this month to stop bringing up Oasis!" Mr. Shersby: "But is not Oasis the greatest British band since The Beatles? Can we not vote on this?"
Later in the same show during Weekend Update with Norm MacDonald, he says "Earlier today the biggest auction ever of Beatles memorabilia took place in Tokyo. Among the one-of-a-kind items on the block were Paul McCartney's birth certificate, a white Mercedes Benz owned by John Lennon and rarest of all, a photo of George Harrison not looking haggard."
It was really interesting watching a 25-year-old SNL. Norm called his news "Fake News!" and they had to bleep out the word "retarded" in a Mike Myers sketch (I had the closed captioning on and they wrote it out!) Even though this was the year I got my first desktop home computer, the internet and computers was mentioned a couple times.
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Jeopardy 5/27/22
Category: They sang super sexy '70s lyrics (for $400)
With Wings: "My love does it good, Wo Wo Wo Wo, Wo Wo Wo Wo"
Who is Paul McCartney?
(the reigning champion got it)
Here's an old Jeopardy with the entire category related to Beatles songs:
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Beat Shazam 6/6/22
The song was Coming Up (Live In Glasgow) and only one team picked it correctly from 4 multiple choice answers!
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Jeopardy Category: Dear-Pourri for $800
Mia Farrow's sister was the subject of this Beatles song that asks her won't you come out to play?
Guys says "What is Eleanor Rigby?" Then nobody else even hazards a guess!
Needless to say, the answer was "Dear Prudence." (the "Dear" in the category title should have given it away!
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On Breeders 6/13/22. (Jacob is the son's estranged friend)
Dad: Jacob still not talking to you?
Son: He just won't listen. He keeps putting sad songs on his Instagram stories. I tried swearing on Harrison's grave that I didn't tell Ruby to dump him. I even swore on Lennon's!
Dad: Well, don't swear on McCartney's. That was a hoax!
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Jeopardy 6/15/22
Category: Getting "W-R-M" for $1200
Type of glasses favored by John Lennon and the farmer in "American Gothic"
What is wire-rimmed? (Reigning champ got it)
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On Entertainment Tonight 6/20/22
Shiloh Jolie-Pitt (Angelina & Brad's 16 year old daughter) was shown doing a dance routine wearing a black t-shirt with "THE BEATLES" logo on it in white.
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On The Chase 6/22/22, question was:
A Paul McCartney campaign wants you to go meat free on what day of the week? (she said Friday!) I'm yelling at the TV: Monday!
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On The Late Late Show with James Corden last night (from London all week) 4 band members were dressed in Sgt. Pepper outfits.
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Jeopardy 7/4/22
Orchestral instruments for $800
A quartet plays these "national" brass instruments on "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
What are French horns? (reigning champ got it right!)
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Keep watching this birthday video for "The Golden Girls" clip!
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On The Chase 7/12/22, the question was: The University of Liverpool offers a degree in what band?
He got it right: The Beatles!